†Centropus antiquus Gervais 1852 (cuckoo)
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Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+
Belongs to Centropus according to P. Gervais 1859
See also Gervais 1852
Sister taxa: Centropus bairdi, Centropus colossus, Centropus goliath, Centropus maximus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Montmartre, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in France
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Montmartre
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